Saturday, October 30, 2004
Today Terri and I took my mother to see Zilker Park. She has fond memories of taking me for rides on a small train when I was younger, so she really wanted to go on the Zilker Zephyr.
We also walked through some of the gardens inside Zilker Park. We all have fond memories of the Japanese garden in Fort Worth, so the major influence for this trip was to see another one. This one was also very nice. Another bonus: I happened to spot a pretty butterfly on our way back to our car.
We completed our day by going to the Congress Street bridge to watch the bats fly out for the night. This is one of those quirky things Austin prides itself on. The bats came out much latter than our previous visits, which makes them a bit harder to spot. We still were able to watch them for about fifteen minutes. There are over a million bats living under the bridge during early fall. They had already begun to migrate back to Mexico, so their numbers were a little smaller tonight.
We also walked through some of the gardens inside Zilker Park. We all have fond memories of the Japanese garden in Fort Worth, so the major influence for this trip was to see another one. This one was also very nice. Another bonus: I happened to spot a pretty butterfly on our way back to our car.
We completed our day by going to the Congress Street bridge to watch the bats fly out for the night. This is one of those quirky things Austin prides itself on. The bats came out much latter than our previous visits, which makes them a bit harder to spot. We still were able to watch them for about fifteen minutes. There are over a million bats living under the bridge during early fall. They had already begun to migrate back to Mexico, so their numbers were a little smaller tonight.
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